“China has a great interest in northern sea routes being opened for trade. It has built a second nuclear icebreaker, which shows it is looking at Arctic transit and has been making a diplomatic push on Iceland, which it sees as a potential transport hub.”

I am not too concerned as the chinese or whoever will still need to sail their ships and merchant marine to this region as we are apart of the global supply chain and a source of raw materials and access to huge middle class customers.